MMRRN1997

I am an OR nurse and have been for 15 years. You may have long cases, like neuro-back surgeries, but during the case you will have to chart, look up your next patient, prepare for your next case, chart the implants, be anesthesia's third arm, obtain sterile equipment and supplied and open them, you may have to help clean the room in between to get it ready for the next case, push in the microscope, pull out the microscope, call x-ray...... I relish a boring day because it is usually few and far between.

Thank you for taking the time to explain.

I know you want to keep your working relationship good, I understand that. But it sounds as if she is oblivious to your feelings and doesn't care about the relationship as much as you do. I have a nurse like this where I work. She would always ask me to take her call, not TRADE her call like every other nurse does. Be careful with this type, don't let her run over you either. One of the posts before said to simply say no with no explanation at all required. Stay friends with the nurses that care about you genuinely and they will help you. I am still have a good relationship with that nurse and she seemed to have realized that no one wants to just help her without her helping black. Now she asks to trade call.